What wedding…?

Employers in the NHS are seeking a fair deal on the Royal Wedding holiday. In Response to the rejection by almost all health unions of the proposal for NHS staff who will be work on the day of the Royal Wedding, a spokesperson for NHS Employers, said:

“Employers recognise that staff will want to celebrate the Royal Wedding and this proposal means many of them will be able to have paid time off on the day of the wedding. Those staff that will need to work to care for patients on the day will be able to take a paid day off at a later time.

“The NHS is facing a very challenging financial climate and employers are looking for arrangements which help them meet that challenge while also protecting jobs and continuity of services for patients. In that light, the NHS Employers organisation is disappointed that almost all the health trade unions have not accepted this fair proposal for the Royal Wedding bank holiday. We acknowledge that doctors, through the BMA, have accepted this proposal and we welcome their support.”

“The inability to reach agreement on this issue means individual NHS organisations will now have to decide pay rates for the bank holiday at local level, and trade unions will need to enter into local pay bargaining.”

1 March 2011

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